ha256 meets the Arts…

One day, I will be unloosed from this mortal coil.
Leaving behind this life of strife and toil
Gone, as gone can be…
But to where? Whence will I be gone?
Whether rich or poor, both powerful and powerless
Who can face death and not lose hope?

Now I’ve seen places and faces
and things you ain’t never thought about thinking
if you ain’t peek then you must be drinking and smokin’
pretending that your locin’ but you’re brokin’
let me get you open
now little Timmy got his diploma and little Jimmy got life
and Tamika around the corner just took her first hit off the pipe
the other homie shot the other homie and ran off with his money
and when the other homies heard about it they thought that it was funny.
But who’s the dummy now you done lost the hustler
my down-ass brother gonna be replaced by a bustler
and though I got love for you I know I can’t trust you
coz my crew is rollin’ hummers and your crew is rollin’ dusters
and just because of that you act you don’t like the brother no more
I guess that’s just the way it goes
I ain’t tryin ta preach
I believe I can reach
but your mind ain’t prepared
I C U when you get there

Chorus:
I’ll see you when you get there
if you ever get there
see you when you get there
I’ll see you when you get there
if you ever get there
see you when you get there

Verse 2: -Lek Ratt- [40 Thevz]

More temptation than faith
I guess we livin’ for the day
I seen a man get swept off his feet
by a boy with an AK
the situation so twisted everybody gettin lifted
I’m just tryin to take care of my kids and handle my business
coz it way too serious so you gotta pay close attention
so you don’t get caught sittin’ when they come and do all the gettin’
life is a big game so you gotta play it with a big voice
some of us gotta run a little faster coz we gotta lay the struggle
I’d be a fool to surrender when I know I can be a contender
and if everybody’s a sinner then everybody could be a winner
no matter you rag colour deep down we all brothers
and regardless of the time somebody up there still love us
I’m a scuff and struggle till i’m breathless and weak
I just strived my whole life to make it to the mountain peak
always keep reachin’ sure to grab on to something
I’ll be there when you get there when you wit the sound pumpin’

(Chorus)

Verse 3: -PS- [40 Thevz]

You need to loosen up
and live a little
and if you got kids let them know how you feel
and for your own sake give a little
oh, you don’t want to hear that
you busy tryina stack
and keep them from the Jones’s is taking advantage of your own
the realist homies that you been knowin for the longest
but some ain’t missing a good thing until it’s gone
could have built an empire if not for the jealousy that divides us
we prefer to keep our eyes shut to describe when
it’s something wrong and we desire
so hold your head up high if your poor and righteous
aint no time seems right
the problems seem endless
but in times of despair we gotta pull ourselves together
and if you feel you’re out the game then you need to get back in it
coz nothing worse than a quitter
you gotta face responsibility one day, my brother
so gather up your pity and turn it to ambition
and put your vehicle in drive and stop by my side

(Chorus)

-Coolio-
As we walk down the road of our destiny
and the time comes to choose which shall it be
the wide and crooked or the straight and narrow
we got one push to give and one life to live
so stand up for something or lay down in your game
listen to the song that we sing
it’s up to you to make it be
I guess I’ll see you when you see me
(fade out)

hey love
is that the name you’re meant to have
for me to call
look love
they’ve given up believing
they’ve turned aside our stories of the gentle fall

but don’t you believe them
don’t you drink their poison too
these are the scars that words have carved
on me

hey love
that’s the name we’ve long held back
from the core of truth

so don’t turn away now
I am turning in revolution
these are the scars that silence carved
on me

this is the same place
no not the same place
this is the same place, love
no not the same place we’ve been before

hey love
I am a constant satellite
of your blazing sun
my love
I obey your law of gravity
this is the fate you’ve carved on me

All work no play may have made Jack a dull boy
But all work no God has left Jack with a lost soul
But he’s moving on full steam
He’s chasing the American dream
And he’s gonna give his family the finer things

Not this time son I’ve no time to waste
Maybe tomorrow we’ll have time to play
And then he slips into his new BMW
And drives farther and farther and farther away

‘Cause He works all day and tries to sleep at night
He says things will get better, better in time

So he works and he builds with his own two hands
And he pours all he has in a castle made with sand
But the wind and the rain are comin’ crashing in
Time will tell just how long his kingdom stands
His kingdom stands

His American Dream is beginning to seem
More and more like a nightmare
With every passing day
“Daddy, can you come to my game?”
“Oh Baby, please don’t work late.”
Another wasted weekend
And they are slipping away

‘Cause he works all day and lies awake at night
he tells them things will get better
It’ll just take a little more time

‘Cause he works and he builds with his own two hands
And he pours all he has in a castle made with sand
But the wind and the rain are comin’ crashing in
Time will tell just how long his kingdom stands
His kingdom stands

He used to say, “Whoever dies with the most toys wins”
But if he loses his soul, what has he gained in the end
I’ll take a shack on a rock
Over a castle in the sand

Now he works all day and cries alone at night
It’s not getting any better
Looks like he’s running out of time

‘Cause he worked and he built with his own two hands
And he poured all he had in a castle made with sand
But the wind and the rain are coming crashing in
Time will tell just how long his kingdom stands
His kingdom stands

All they really wanted was you
All they really wanted was you
All they really wanted was you

It had to be you, it had to be you,
I wandered around an’ finally found
Somebody who
Could make me be true
Could make me be blue
And even be glad, just to be sad, thinkin’ of you,

Some others I’ve seen
Might never be mean
Might never be cross, or try to be boss,
But they wouldn’t do
For nobody else gave me a thrill,
With all your faults, I love you still,
It had to be you, wonderful you, it had to be you!

She can kill with a smile
She can wound with her eyes
And she can ruin your faith with her casual lies
And she only reveals what she wants you to see
She hides like a child
But she’s always a woman to me

She can lead you to love
She can take you or leave you
She can ask for the truth
But she’ll never believe
And she’ll take what you give her as long as it’s free
Yeah, she steals like a thief but she’s always a woman to me

Oh, she takes care of herself
She can wait if she wants
She’s ahead of her time
Oh, and she never gives out
And she never gives in
She just changes her mind

And she’ll promise you more
Than the Garden of Eden
Then she’ll carelessly cut you
And laugh while you’re bleedin’
But she’ll bring out the best
And the worst you can be
Blame it all on yourself
Cause she’s always a woman to me

Oh, she takes care of herself
She can wait if she wants
She’s ahead of her time
Oh, and she never gives out
And she never gives in
She just changes her mind

She is frequently kind
And she’s suddenly cruel
But she can do as she pleases
She’s nobody’s fool
And she can’t be convicted
She’s earned her degree
And the most she will do
Is throw shadows at you
But she’s always a woman to me

You think I’d leave your side baby?
You know me better than that.
You think I’d leave you down when you’re down on your knees?
I wouldn’t do that.

I’ll do you right when you’re wrong
I—–I, ohhhh, ohhh

If only you could see into me

oh, when you’re cold
I’ll be there to hold you tight to me
When you’re on the outside baby and you can’t get in
I will show you, you’re so much better than you know
When you’re lost, when you’re alone and you can’t get back again,
I will find you. Darling, I’ll bring you home

And if you want to cry,
I am here to dry your eyes
and in no time, you’ll be fine.

Let me not to the marriage of true minds
Admit impediments. Love is not love
Which alters when it alteration finds,
Or bends with the remover to remove:
O no! it is an ever-fixed mark
That looks on tempests and is never shaken;
It is the star to every wandering bark,
Whose worth’s unknown, although his height be taken.
Love’s not Time’s fool, though rosy lips and cheeks
Within his bending sickle’s compass come:
Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks,
But bears it out even to the edge of doom.
If this be error and upon me proved,
I never writ, nor no man ever loved.